Once a guru taught his disciples, "Guru Brahma, Sishya Brahma, Sarvam
Brahma" implying that everything in the universe was Brahma. After
this particular event, one of the disciple stopped getting for his seat to
greet his Guru on his arrival. The Guru questioned him on this strange
behaviour and the disciple replied that the previous day, the Guru had
said that everything was Brahma and therefore there was to difference
between them. Then the teacher felt that what he said came back to him as
a boomerang and he wanted to teach the student a good lesson. He went to
the board and wrote ”Guru Brahma”, “Sishya Brahma” and “Sarvam Brahma” as
two different words. When you look at these three, though Brahma is
occurring as the same in all the three, the Guru, Sishya and Sarvam are
different. Thus, Until you are able to experience this oneness of all in
practice, the student will remain a student and a teacher will remain a
teacher and there is no escape from the need for the student having to
respect the teacher. The student understood that, "The basis is one
but the containers are different".

Man can be differentiated from birds and beasts only when he realises
the fundamental 'I' which is the Atma Tattwa. Man is not just a
creature with hands and feet, eyes and ears, head and trunk; he is much
more than a total of all these organs and parts. These organs have to be
ground, scraped, polished, perfected, smoothed and softened through the
intellect, higher impulses, pure intentions and ideals. The impulses will
be rendered pure and the intensions will be raised to the higher level if
man decides to dedicate all his deeds, words and thoughts to the Lord.
Then, Man becomes the ideal candidate for divinity which is his real
destiny.

Once the Truth of the Indwelling spirit is recognised, the awareness
that the 'World is one family' dawns. After this, One is filled with
divine love which becomes the driving force for all of his actions. Then,
Man turns away from the pursuit of endless desires to the search of peace
and equanimity. Therefore, One has to understand that by converting the
love for material things into love of God, one experiences the divine. So,
Desires are to be controlled by developing the spiritual approach and
by diverting the mind from material objects to the divine seated in each
one's heart. When a corpse is placed on a pyre and lit, both the
corpse and the pyre are reduced to ashes. Similarly, the mind too
disappears when the senses are negated. So, Control the senses but do not
yield to satisfy the insistent demands of senses. When the mind
disappears, delusion dies and liberation is achieved.

Spirit can be awakend and realised only through individual discipline
and by the Grace of God. Faith in God is the best reinforcement for
spiritual victory. When you revel in the contemplation of the splendour of
the Lord, all material will seem inferior and only company of the godly
and the humble alone will be relished. Therefore, Cultivate faith and
surrender so that Lord's Grace will flow through you into every act of
yours as every act of yours becomes his acts. All acts, words and
thoughts will thereafter be pure, saturated with love and conductive to
peace. Cleanse your hearts so that the Lord may reflected therein in all
his splendour in all his myriad forms. So, The faith is essential in
"One Supreme intelligence" which conceives, conserves and consumes this
entire universe.

One will acquire an equal-mindedness towards all beings only when he turns
his vision inward and realises his essential divnity. Out of that feeling
of oneness, he will experience the bliss i.e., divinity. So, Always
remember the principles, Eswara Sarva Bhutanam (God is the indweller of
all beings) and Isavasyam Idam Sarvam (the entire universe is permeated by
God). Do not develop attachment to the world, Instead, Cultivate
spiritual attachment and live in harmony with your fellow human beings.
Then you will experience unity between man and man. A real devotee is one
who realises this unity. Therefore, Unity leads to purity which in turn
provides the experience of divinity.